
July is shaping up to be a turning point for drug trafficking in Mexico following Ovidio Guzmán López's guilty plea last week in a federal court in Chicago.
Also known as "El Ratón," Guzmán López, the son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, reached a plea agreement with U.S. prosecutors in exchange for a reduced sentence and protection for members of the Guzmán family. The deal was brokered with the help of his attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, who also represented El Chapo during his 2019 trial.